More French Proverbs
The eagle does not hunt flies....
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People who have bread to eat do not appreciate the severity of a famin...
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Princes use men as the husbandman uses bees....
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No jesting with edged tools....
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May and December never agree....
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Other Proverbs
The wolf and the fox are both in one story....
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The camel asking for horns lost also his ears. [In grasping ...
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An ounce of state to a pound of gold....
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He who seeks, finds....
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It's not worth crying over spilt milk....
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There is nothing so well done but may be mended.
- French Proverb